Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
19 June 2003



                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 19th June 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,075,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 461.18 pence per share.




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